Community News

From staff reports
Anderson News staff members were recognized at the Louisville Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet Thursday night.
News editor Meaghan Downs took first place in Feature Writing with her story, “A Promise to God.”
Sports editor John Herndon took first place in Sports Writing, Non-Metro and Community papers, with his entry that included several articles and columns. It is the sixth consecutive year Herndon has been recognized for his sports writing by the Society.

The family of a Beaver Lake Road resident injured June 19 when his van smashed into some trees near his home is asking for items to be donated for a yard sale to help raise funds for him and his pregnant wife.
Shannon Hall, 44, sustained serious injuries in the wreck and had to be airlifted to University of Kentucky Medical Center, according to his sister, Tonia Chilton.
Both of Hall’s lungs were punctured in the wreck. He also sustained a broken arm, 11 broken ribs, a fractured spine and lacerations to his face, his sister said.

The Lawrenceburg police department recently issued the following arrests and citations: å
Travis F. Rowe, 36, Lawrenceburg and John P. Wolverton, 30, Frankfort were charged and arrested June 22 for trafficking in a controlled substance first degree following an investigation by Officer Jeremy Cornish and Lt. Mike Schell.
Russell C. Walker, 18, Lawrenceburg was charged and arrested June 19 with DUI during a traffic stop on Waterfill Avenue by Officer Chris Beach.

Community
Compassionate Friends announce upcoming meetings
The Compassionate Friends will host meetings for bereavement parents who have lost children of any age.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and the third Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the hospice building, 643 Teton Trail in Frankfort.
For more information, contact Kathy Wainscott at 502-517-6289.

The Anderson County Library will offer the following free classes in June and July.

Brian Ritchie, owner of Ritchie & Peach Funeral Home, never forgot the offer the business’ former owner made when he was just 13 years old.
Brian’s father had just died, and Mrs. Billy Huddleston, who along with her husband, owned Huddleston Funeral Home, saw something in young Brian and told him to contact her when he was older about a job.
“That was always on my mind,” says Brian. “While going to college in 1986, I began working on the weekends for the Huddlestons and have been in this business every since.”

Brenda Brooks, 16, won the title of Miss Lawrenceburg Fair and Horse Show 2013 on Monday.
Brooks will attend Anderson County High School as a junior this fall and will represent Lawrenceburg in the state pageant.
She said her mother, April Hensler, encourages her to be her best.
“She (my mother) told me to be confident and that smiles are the best makeup,” Brooks said.
After high school Brooks said she hopes to go to an Ivy League university to become a marine biologist or a lawyer.

Friends of Anderson Public Library will host a book sale on June 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Old Glensboro School, located on the Anderson County High School campus at the corner of 127 Bypass and US 62.
The organization is moving to a different location soon and wants to make the move lighter, according to the Friends of the Library press release.
The sale will include a variety of fiction, classics, westerns, science-fiction, biographies, self-help and motivational, war and history, decorating and cookbooks.